City Seethes Under Extra Hot Wave
The city remains in the grip of an extreme heat wave with temperatures lower than Tuesday’s 90 degrees. Despite the heat, residents sought shade and beaches, creating a near stampede for cooling spots.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
13
Prostrations From Heat Amid City Crowds And Tragic Death
Police and hospitals report few prostrations despite near record heat. Pr Joseph H Carmichael, Arlington dentist, collapsed at Boston Common and was taken to Emergency Hospital. John Ferguson, 65, of Salem, died after collapsing on N Street in South Boston. Other victims include Harry Ferguson of Revere and George Leonard of Cambridge, with Annie Nevins recovering from heat collapse in East Boston. Firefighters used hydrants to spray streets, creating improvised showers as residents sought relief. Crowds flocked to beaches and ferries. nighttime heat kept people on the move and people sought cool air near the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Carmichael
Arlington
Boston Common
Harry Ferguson
Walnut Avenue
Revere
Washington Street
Relief Hospital
John Ferguson
Brown Street
Salem
N Street
South
Boston
George Leonard
Cambridge Street
Cambridge
Annie Nevins
Chelsea Street
Meridian Street
Central Square
Nantasket Steamboat Company
Lynn
Imagine 3
Bristol Street
Salem Street
Thatcher and
Endicott Streets
Weldona touted as help for Cambridge rheumatism patient
Mrs R A Dexter of Cambridge describes ten years of rheumatic pain and swelling and credits Weldona with curing her joints and enabling stairs again after weeks. Weldona promotes a drugless, nonalcoholic remedy with a free book from Weldona Co. and daily public meetings by a Weldona representative at Houghton & Dutton drug dept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldona
Weldona Co
Boylston St
Boston
Houghton & Dutton Drug Dept
Melting City Nights Dream of Winter
A poem reminisces about past snows and ice above the valley while current heat and humidity drive longing for a blizzard. The speaker recalls times of gleaming streets and snowfall and the desire to drink and join summer revels, contrasted with craving for cold weather.
Boston Mayor frees grass areas as heat relief effort
Public Mayor Peters opened grass on the Common to all July evenings after sunset. He ordered the public may walk stand or lie on the grass from sunset to 7 a m. He also instructed Public Works Commissioner Sullivan to allow women and children to ride Boston ferries free after 7 pm for the rest of the week. The Boston Floating Hospital ship was crowded with sick babies and mothers as thousands sought relief in parks across Greater Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
Public Works
Thomas G. Sullivan
Boston
Franklin
Greater Boston
Evicted Boston Mother Faces Housing Search After Rent Arrears
Mrs Mary Dow was turned out of her home by landlord Bararino Puglio of 108 Brooks Street East Boston after two months arrears. Neighbors cared for her three children as a search for a new tenement begins. Ex Senator John J Kearney offered to pay one month’s rent but the landlord refused to let her sleep inside. Mrs Dow said her husband is unemployed and she is near another birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dow
Bararino Puglio
Brooks Street
Boston
Puglio
Geissler’s Body Claimed by Wife in New York
The body of Bernard B. Geissler who killed Mrs. Arthur E. De Cordova in Stonington and then killed himself was claimed by his wife Mrs. Anita Geissler of New York. The body was shipped to New York tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Bernard B. Geissler
Arthur E. de Cordova
New York
Stonington
Anita Geissler
Cox Outlines Campaign Plans in Columbus Speech
Governor James M. Cox the Democratic presidential nominee fired the first volley of the campaign against Senator Harding. He announced the notification will be at Trails End in Dayton and said the Democratic National Committee will meet in Columbus on July 20 instead of Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colmubus
Ohio
James M. Cox
Senator Harding
Trail’s End
Dayton
Democratic National Committee
Columbus
Governor Cox Outlines Peace Plan and Campaign Roles
In his first official statement Governor Cox pledges a campaign devoted to peace with honor and civilization readjustment. He declines to name a permanent campaign manager, hinting Cummings might serve best as a speaker rather than manager. Mrs. James Rector presses for talks on a Woman's party meeting and warns Cox to push ratification of the federal suffrage amendment to avoid opposition from 17 million women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Washington
League of Nations
National Committee
Cox
HD. H. Moore
Cummings
James Rector
Columbus
Ohio
National Woman's Party
Woman's Party
Rector
Tennessee
North Carolina
No License To Pardoned Man
Edward Daley, pardoned by Governor Clement and released from Windsor State Prison after a manslaughter sentence for Hazel Rugg’s death, has been denied a driving license by Secretary of State Harry Black. Daley’s conviction stemmed from denying his role in the car that struck and killed Rugg as she waited for a trolley on Shurburne road. The pardon reportedly was granted without prosecuting officers’ consultation, delaying permission to operate a vehicle until they agree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Edward Daley
Percival Clement
Windsor
Hazel Rugg
Harry Black
Daley
Shurburne Road
Worthy Poor of Dublin Gift to Be Sent from New Hampshire
Chief Justice John Kivel of New Hampshire Superior Court and Arthur G. Whittemore of Dover will sail from New York on August 14 for Ireland to distribute a trust fund of 60 000 dollars to the worthy poor of Dublin. The money was left by Mrs Anna Sharpe of Dover, widow of William Sharpe, long a paver for the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. Mrs Sharpe was born in Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
John Kivel
New Hampsshire Superior Court
Arthur G. Whittemore
Dover
New York
Ireland
Dublin
Anna Sharpe
William Sharpe
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
The Object Lesson by James Oliver Curwood
A note that James Oliver Curwood is a master of tense descriptive narratives whose work The Object Lesson will appear in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Oliver Curwood
Boston Sunday Post
Phonographs Arrive in Boston on Charters Barge Olive
A shipment of 200 phonographs reached Battery Wharf in Boston aboard the barge Olive to avoid rail delays. The Olive previously delivered a similar cargo here, and will unload its current load at the same wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Olive
Battery Wharf
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. A. Dexter
Clark St
Mrs. Dexter
Weldona Booster
Winsor
Winsor Stores
B. O
G. C. Wilson, Inc
Mass
the Post
Telephone Circulation Dept
Boston Post
Telephone
Sunda
Henry Gillen
Geissler
Gov. Cox
Vermont
Curwood
DEPT
Thayer McNeil
Thayer McNeil Company
Temple Place
West Street
America
Percales
Madras
Pam
Palm Beach
Priestley
Bradford
England
Paris
Talbot
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